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Another major appeal is the sect's commitment to rehabilitation. The Nation of Islam runs counseling programs for prisoners, drug addicts, alcoholics and ) street-gang members. This is partly a recruiting tactic. But it can turn around lost lives. N.A.A.C.P. president Chavis, who played a role in bringing together Farrakhan and the Congressional Black Caucus, sees substance abuse as devastating the black community, and he credits the Nation of Islam's strict code of behavior with providing effective rescue. The issue carries personal urgency for Chavis: he has an alcoholic daughter and a son who was using crack cocaine...
...sect has long been riven by factionalism. The most celebrated split was the 1964 departure of Malcolm X, who turned to orthodox Islam and was murdered by three of Elijah Muhammad's followers in 1965. While Farrakhan, who joined in 1955, seems to have played no role in the killing, he gave a speech beforehand implying that Malcolm X deserved...
...protected that it is hard to be sure, but he seems scrupulous about following dictates of conventional Islam -- no pork, no alcohol -- plus his sect's own rule of only one meal a day, an extension of the daytime fasting during conventional Islam's month of Ramadan. He speaks fluent Arabic, as he demonstrated by performing an Islamic prayer call in Syria while accompanying Jackson on a mission to secure the release of downed U.S. airman Robert Goodman in 1984. His mansion mingles massive concrete panels with delicate stained glass, marble floors, crystal chandeliers and a fountain between the living...
...sect has mosques or temples in 120 cities. All ministers are appointed by Farrakhan. Male recruits earn their way up in the Fruit of Islam, where they are given military-style stripes and ranks but do not carry weapons. In contrast to Martin Luther King Jr.'s Christian invocation to turn the other cheek, however, Nation of Islam leaders favor vigorous self-defense...
...Either way there was going to be a tough time ahead and I thought a certain sect of the Greek society were suffering from the austerity measures so they turned to PASO," Calotychos said...